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Re: Otaku Cafe Hangout

Originally Posted by Asarii

One of the SBS questions from ONE PIECE's tankobons has someone mentioning to Oda that whoever is talking in the panels always has their mouth open- i.e., you'll never see someone next to a speech bubble with their mouth in a straight line. I then flipped through a random copy of JUMP and noticed that there are surprisingly several series that have their characters talk even though their lips aren't moving.

At first I never noticed this detail, but now it has become pretty distracting.

Has anyone noticed this or other similar patterns in manga?

I notice it from time to time. It always struck me as odd, though it's understandable in a way. Some people just don't open their mouth wide enough and start to mumble or something. So if it reflects the character's personality or fits the situation (when they whisper f.ex.), I don't mind, but in general, it looks strange...

Re: Raw Manga Online

Does anybody know somewhere that I can read manga (specifically One Piece and Naruto) online in its raw Japanese form? Ironically it's much harder to find that than the translated stuff.

Sorry if there's already a thread about this, but I couldn't find it using search.

EDIT: Oh, and preferably something that's released at the same time as the scanlations.

There are several Manga aggregator sites which upload raws of One Piece and Naruto, but rarely they're storing every raw chapters from the first chapter. Most of them are only keeping the latest raws for several weeks at most. If you seek for raw releases from the beginning, you can always choose the tankobon version instead of single chapter.

Normally it's quite difficult - or probably almost impossible - to find raws for One Piece or Naruto almost at the same time with scanlations since most group are using private raw sources. Public raws usually pop up 1-2 days after the usual scanlation release, though. If we're talking about Manga other than Naruto and One Piece, maybe you could find early raws since the scanlation are probably not as rapid as both of those Manga.

Re: Otaku Cafe Hangout

Originally Posted by M3J

Speak for yourself. I'm making sure HxH doesn't win, it is far too overrated to deserve to win anything.

And Goral, can you like, stop with conspiracy theories? If I recall, it's been like this ever since hte first ever awards - threads get moderated while votes get tallied to retain the surprise. You need to chill and consider things from others' point of view, not just yours.

International equivalent of bake updates?

Not sure where to post this, but I'm looking for a place to list non English updates for manga series? My team knows a few languages and is working on A Vietnamese, German, and Spanish series, to name a few, and as we add more translators we could soon work on under served, obscure languages. but Baka updates only lists English releases, so what can we do?

Re: Otaku Cafe Hangout

Depends on if they want to find a list, or add releases themselves. Batoto only allows registered scanlation group members to add new chapters. If they are not members of the scanlation group, they will not be able to add their chapters at Batoto.